Although this change wasn’t trumpeted in our release notes, both FCK and TinyMCE are in a usable state as of 8.05. I’ve been using FCKeditor for a few weeks now, and we’ve switched OpenGarden to use FCKeditor. I’d encourage you to try using FCKeditor or TinyMCE on your systems and see if you like them.

Internally, we’re leaning towards FCKeditor due to its code structure, as well as the community around it. However, we’re definitely interested in hearing any community members who’d like to see TinyMCE become the default editor.

Edit: Jay made me realize what a bonehead I was – I never gave instructions to people who wanted to make the switch! I’ve created a FAQ on how to enable alternate editors in your Deki Wiki installations. Enjoy!

Thanks for the link. However, if I am reading you right, the settings would have to be set up for all users of the Deki. That isn’t going to work; in our egalitarian society, setting an editor for my preferences shouldn’t change those guys that insist on using the old editor. So let me suggest an addition to the (heretofore massively underutilized) My Preferences page that would allow me to use a different editor while not forcing the rest of the users to have to conform to my preferences (and vice versa). Without such a capability, I’m afraid I’ll never get a chance to see how good these new editors are…

Jay – I totally understand your concerns. The main problem we’re having with multiple editors is they produce XHTML differently. That means people who are editing the same document in different editors will cause things to go haywire.

Going forward, we’ll probably only support one editor per system as opposed to letting people set it through their preferences